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Critics' Choice 2021 Winners & Nominees

The 26th Critics' Choice Awards (2021) took place on March 7, 2021. Nomadland won Best Picture and 3 more awards. Every winner and nominee in all 19 categories is below.

All 19 categories Most wins
categories
19
nominations
124
films nominated
38
winners
20
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Best Picture
Nomadland
Headline winners

Critics' Choice 2021: The Winners

Nomadland won Best Picture against 9 other nominees. Chloé Zhao (Best Director), Chadwick Boseman (Best Actor) and Carey Mulligan (Best Actress) took the main individual prizes.

Nomadland (2020) movie poster Best Picture

Best Picture

Nomadland

2020 · Drama · Echo Score 80 · $39.5M worldwide

4 wins from 6 nominations at the 26th Critics' Choice Awards (2021)

  • Best Director
  • Best Adapted Screenplay
  • Best Cinematography

After losing everything during the economic crisis, Fern embarks on a journey through the American West. She embraces a nomadic lifestyle, living and traveling in a van and encountering a community of modern-day nomads along the way. The film explores themes of loss, resilience, and finding connection in an ever-changing landscape.

About Nomadland
Scoreboard

Critics' Choice 2021: Which Films Won the Most

Nomadland won 4 awards from 6 nominations. 13 films won at least once, while News of the World went home empty-handed from 7 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Nomadland (2020) movie poster
    Nomadland 4 / 6
    2020 · Drama · 4 wins from 6 nominations
  2. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) movie poster
    Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 3 / 8
    2020 · Drama, Music · 3 wins from 8 nominations
  3. Promising Young Woman (2020) movie poster
    Promising Young Woman 2 / 6
    2020 · Drama, Thriller · 2 wins from 6 nominations
  4. The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) movie poster
    The Trial of the Chicago 7 2 / 6
    2020 · Drama, History · 2 wins from 6 nominations
  5. Mank (2020) movie poster
    Mank 1 / 12
    2020 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 12 nominations
  6. Minari (2020) movie poster
    Minari 1 / 9
    2020 · Drama · 1 win from 9 nominations
  7. One Night in Miami (2020) movie poster
    One Night in Miami 1 / 6
    2020 · Drama · 1 win from 6 nominations
  8. Sound of Metal (2020) movie poster
    Sound of Metal 1 / 5
    2020 · Drama, Music · 1 win from 5 nominations
  9. Tenet (2020) movie poster
    Tenet 1 / 5
    2020 · Action, Sci-Fi · 1 win from 5 nominations
  10. Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) movie poster
    Judas and the Black Messiah 1 / 3
    2021 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 3 nominations
Full results

All 19 Critics' Choice 2021 Categories: Winners & Nominees

19 categories and 124 nominations; Best Picture had the most nominees (10). The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

19 categories · 124 nominations

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The Genres Behind the Critics' Choice 2021 Winners

Drama led with 113 nominations across 31 films and won 17. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 17 wins · 113 nominations · 15%
  2. Comedy 5 wins · 23 nominations · 22%
  3. Thriller 5 wins · 21 nominations · 24%
  4. Music 5 wins · 18 nominations · 28%
  5. History 3 wins · 18 nominations · 17%
  6. Biography 2 wins · 18 nominations · 11%
  7. Action 1 win · 18 nominations · 6%
  8. Adventure 1 win · 17 nominations · 6%
  9. Sci-Fi 2 wins · 10 nominations · 20%
  10. Fantasy 2 wins · 8 nominations · 25%
2021 season

How the Rest of the 2021 Awards Season Voted

The other 14 ceremonies of 2021, with the winner of each top prize. Nomadland also won the top prize at 5 of them.

All 2021 awards
Earlier years

Previous Critics' Choice Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The Critics' Choice page has every year back to 1996.

Every Critics' Choice ceremony

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Critics' Choice 2021: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 26th Critics' Choice Awards (2021), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture at the 26th Critics' Choice Awards (2021)?

Nomadland (2020) won Best Picture. The other nominees were Da 5 Bloods, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Mank, Minari, News of the World, One Night in Miami, Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal and The Trial of the Chicago 7.

About Nomadland

Which film won the most awards at the 26th Critics' Choice Awards (2021)?

Nomadland (2020) won the most: 4 awards from 6 nominations. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom was next with 3 wins.

Which film had the most nominations at the 26th Critics' Choice Awards (2021)?

Mank (2020) led with 12 nominations and won one of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 26th Critics' Choice Awards (2021)?

Best Director: Chloé Zhao for Nomadland. Best Actor: Chadwick Boseman for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Best Actress: Carey Mulligan for Promising Young Woman. Best Supporting Actor: Daniel Kaluuya for Judas and the Black Messiah. Best Supporting Actress: Maria Bakalova for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.

When was the 26th Critics' Choice Awards (2021)?

The 26th Critics' Choice Awards (2021) took place on March 7, 2021. The database has 19 categories and 124 nominations for it.